The American idea, grounded in legal principles, has been undermined.
A dispiriting series of tactical retreats from civil-liberties principles has followed.
One of the principles has been that anyone can win it.
Disregard for these principles has marked every instance of the failed socialist experiment.
Her endurance against dictatorship and steadfastness to her principles has brought comparisons to Nelson Mandela.
The purity of the movement's principles has long left it in self-imposed isolation.
But our commitment to Constitutional principles has weathered every war, and every war has come to an end.
The other daughter, Erika, curates a famous collection of Judaica but "against all her principles" has her nose fixed.
Zion's history as a dry town founded on strict religious principles has been blamed for inhibiting its economic growth.
But our commitment to constitutional principles has weathered every war, and every war has come to an end.
As Professor John Ruggie, the architect of the UN guiding principles, has highlighted this week, "when states are this divided and ambivalent, NGO leadership is badly needed".
